carbon bottle cage question

bing gordon
bing gordon Posts: 662
edited November 2009 in Road buying advice
i've just purchsed two so called " specialized carbon bottle cages " in blue from a guy on ebay.
after 2 weeks they arrived but to me they look like cheap plastic cages with a the specialized logo on and they dont feel like carbon.
because they have this blue glazed paint on them its hard to make out their carbon so is there a way i can check to see if they are ?.
i paid extra for carbon so if there not there going back asap.

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    CFRP is harder and stiffer than simple polymer, should be pretty easy to tell.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Why pay extra for carbon if you can't even see that its carbon? I mean for bottle cages, the weight saving is nominal and they are a lot more fragile so the only real reason for carbon cages is posing factor... (I have two by the way! :oops: )
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  • bing gordon
    bing gordon Posts: 662
    MatHammond wrote:
    Why pay extra for carbon if you can't even see that its carbon? I mean for bottle cages, the weight saving is nominal and they are a lot more fragile so the only real reason for carbon cages is posing factor... (I have two by the way! :oops: )

    im doing the bike up to sell on and it had a shitty bottle cage on, its a high spec bike and i thought i'd put carbon cages on it.
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    bing gordon wrote:
    MatHammond wrote:
    Why pay extra for carbon if you can't even see that its carbon? I mean for bottle cages, the weight saving is nominal and they are a lot more fragile so the only real reason for carbon cages is posing factor... (I have two by the way! :oops: )

    im doing the bike up to sell on and it had a shitty bottle cage on, its a high spec bike and i thought i'd put carbon cages on it.
    If I was looking to buy a used bike the LAST thing I would look at are the bottle cages. In fact, I probably wouldn't even notice them.
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    don't confuse carbon with carbon fibre...

    I had a pair of Zefal 'carbon' cages on a bike years ago - they were effectively just plastic.....
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Better off with the Tacx Tao (?) cages ? Cheap and good enough for McEwen and co....
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Bottle cages are almost as personal as saddles and pedals...
    If you're selling the bike, then best leave them off.
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  • LazyLoki
    LazyLoki Posts: 127
    Weigh 'em. Specialized list the weight of their carbon and normal cages on their website. I think there's a mighty 5g difference or so! :)

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